Telephone Wire
Written – I presume – by Bob Dylan
Recorded May 1, 1970 (George Harrison session)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Plain 12-bar blues, with this little riff played a few times as an intro, and wherever there is an A:
Ab
: . . . : . . .
|-------5-----3-----------|-------------------------|
|(2)----------------------|-5-----3-----------------|
|(2)----------------------|-----------5-------2-----|
|(2)----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Or with this variation:
A
: . . . : . . .
|-------5-----3-----------|-5---3-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------5---3-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5---2-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
That’s just about all there is to say.
A [riff]
Wonderin', I'm Wonderin', when will my swamp catch on fire
D A [riff]
I'm wonderin', I'm wonderin: Is my swamp gonna catch on fire
E E7 A [riff] x 2
Sittin' here lookin' at that old bad telephone wire.
Well, I'm goin' to Las Vegas, goin' by the evening sun
I'm goin' to Las Vegas, goin' just as fast as I can run
Gonna win some money, give it to my hon.